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Don’t worry if you are short on time, we have the perfect solution for last minute gifts…… Snowman Mugs What You Will Need: – Different coloured sharpies or permanent markers – A plain white ceramic mug This is the easiest one, realistically. All you need to do is draw the face of a snowman on […]

Hi all, Some more makes to share today using products I was kindly sent by The Works. This first one is my favourite, using the shabby chic cardstock patterns pad, a die cut butterfly and some bits left over from the MDF heart I decorated in a previous post. Half the papers in the pads […]

OK, I have a confession. I never did decoupage at school. I know, I know… how did I miss out on this seminal moment in any crafter’s childhood? So you are already a step ahead of me in decoupage skills if you did any glue and paper based activities at school. But it seems pretty simple right? […]

Tutorial Tuesday – Shabby Chic Heart Frame by The Works Hi all, I was kindly sent some products to blog about from The Works. I have a new video to share today showing how I decorated this frame – I feel like decoupage can be intimidating when faced with a bare object and a pack […]

A while ago, I took it upon myself to start a massive project – creating felt play mats to suit my son’s favourite things. The idea was that I would make a simple felt dinosaur play mat (Jurassic Park eat your heart out!) and then a town play mat for his cars. However, once I […]

Hi! Recent bride here, who DIYd practically everything on her wedding (read up on some really frugal wedding decorations here). One of the most talked about things that I DIYd were the bridal and bridesmaids’ bouquets. These were created as brooch bouquets. The reasons were twofold – I didn’t want to spend loads of money […]

Recently one of our little elves got married – naw… Ok, it was me, I’m writing this. I just wanted to share one of the best things about my wedding that might save you from the pitfalls of over-priced wedding favours and decorations. I’ve written about this sort of thing before and you will see […]

Teaching children to think for themselves, to stand up for themselves, resolve difficult situations and learn for themselves is one of the greatest gifts we as parents can give. Often, parents today are accused of mollycoddling their children and allowing them to get away with too much with no consequences. When it comes to discipline, […]

Making a Fairy Garden isn’t a new phenomenon. You might remember the story of The Cottingley Fairies – two young cousins called Frances Griffith and Elsie Wright took photographs of fairies back in 1920 that were declared real, even capturing the attention of Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a strong believer in the supernatural. […]

Given the mortgage crisis, crippling student debt and the reliance on credit rather than good old fashioned ‘saving for a rainy day’ that we’ve seen recently, it’s surprising that we don’t teach kids about money that much. It’s not vulgar to talk money with your kids. It might seem a bit strange and you might not want […]